Reason Online has an interesting interview with Neil Stephenson about his Baroque cycle. (Quicksilver etc.) At the moment, I don't have the time to read a trilogy of 900 page books, but someday I'll get to them. In fact, I had Cryptonomicon sitting ony my bookshelf for several years before I tried to start it, for that very reason. And, damn it, I only got halfway through before I got in my current time deprived state. I realized earlier today it has been way over a week since I had the time to watch any T.V.